[News] 2025 Vezina Trophy Top 3: Hellebuyck, Kuemper, Vasilevskly

[White Out 403]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Just goes to show how regular season success doesn't always translate to the playoffs. Hellebuyck and Kuemper have the worst stats of all goaltenders to start ever game for their team and Vasilevskiy has been pretty average.

Helley is developing a reputation as a playoff choke artist to the point where even a number of Jet fans are starting to call it out.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

will any of them see round 2 of the SCP?

Kuemper will. I still believe!

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

Helley is developing a reputation as a playoff choke artist to the point where even a number of Jet fans are starting to call it out.

Which is interesting, because most people outside of WPG have already known Hellebuyck turns into a fraud when April rolls around. This year is like Exhibit D I think.

[vilzeh]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

Helley is developing a reputation as a playoff choke artist to the point where even a number of Jet fans are starting to call it out.

I wonder, why that is? He’s probably the worst playoff goalie i’ve ever seen, or the biggest drop off his ”regular” game. Does he have a glaring weakness the playoff opponents exploit ? In regular season you face different teams / shooters / systems every game, thats clearly when he excels, so I’m just speculating, but maybe he has a tell, or he is just a head case, dunno

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Just a note to say I appreciate Sureloss calling this "top 3" and not "finalist".

A pet peeve of mine also, as many simply refuse to believe that 3 "finalists" are not picked and those 3 voted on.

[FanIn80]

What are you guys on about, lol.

They are literally finalists. Regardless of the selection criteria, they are the three members of the final group.

Once a winner is announced, instead of three finalists, there will be one winner and one runner-up. The third person will remain a finalist.

[Ped]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

What are you guys on about, lol.

They are literally finalists. Regardless of the selection criteria, they are the three members of the final group.

Once a winner is announced, instead of three finalists, there will be one winner and one runner-up. The third person will remain a finalist.

Well, no, their points is, the vote is done. They are not "Finalists" they are the three players who finished atop of the voting.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

What are you guys on about, lol.

They are literally finalists. Regardless of the selection criteria, they are the three members of the final group.

Once a winner is announced, instead of three finalists, there will be one winner and one runner-up. The third person will remain a finalist.

"Finalist" implies there's "finals". There aren't. There's one vote. Every eligible player at the beginning of the year is technically a finalist in that vote.

There is no magic to a "final group" of three. That's just how they want to make the announcement. It would change nothing if there were two or four.

[Icantwhisper]

Flames didn’t face hellebuyck this year, kuemper once, and Vas twice, if it was only based on performance against flames I give it to vas

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Outside of wins he was 2nd behind Hellebuyck in GAA and save %.

Had a good system in front of him to support that though.

All just makes the season Wolf had more impressive in context.

[CaptainCrunch]

Good luck to all the nominees, of course, we know that Wolf will own the Vezina trophy like Orr owned the Norris.